Un vistazo hacia la antropología del consumo

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The purpose of this article is to show a new field of study for de Anthropology in Costa Rica. If truth that the Anthropology of consumption is not new tendency, but in our country has been few studied or nothing. This article is theoretician nature and showing how many basic concepts for to know the task, the importance and de applications or this subdicipline. It is analyze about the difference between consumption, consumerism, consuming and consumerist, with the purpose of clear which are the focus or interest for the Anthropology of consumption. Finally, it is reflection about the role of the publicity with agent of the modifications of the consumption patterns and not with the universal generator of this cultural conduct.